Improvement in match-boxes



H. ELLI'G.

. MATCH-Bons.

Patented Aug. 7,1s77.

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IMPROVEMENT IN MATCH-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,859.. dated August 7, 1877 application filed July 2,1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY ELLIG, of the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,

View.

A is the body of a match-box, which may be of any form and length desired to suit the length of the matches to be used.

B is a cylinder, that slides on the outside of the match-box, similar tol pieces of telescope, slipping one upon the other.

C is a stud or standard attached at or near the bottom ofthe box A, and extends up ward as high as the top of the cylinder B.

Around this stud or standard is a spiral spring, D, one end of which rests on the bottom of the atcb-box, or it might rest'on a shoulder on the standard. 'lhe upper end of the spring is under a projection or plate, E, which is attached at or near the upper edge of the sliding` piece or cylinder B,` so that when the cylinder is moved downward the Spring is compressed, and when the cylinder B is not held down the spring D will raise the cylinder B to its original position.

F is an arm, pivoted at-one end in a slot in the standard C. The other end of the arm is permanently attached to the lid H. The portion of the arm which is pivoted in the slot has a projecting piece, G, which is on the under side of the plate E, so that when that` plate is forced downward by moving the cylinder B, the other end ofthe arm F is thrown upward and backward, carrying the lid H with it, so as to entirely open the match-box.

Operation: The match-box is made to receive matches of the usual length without the lid pressing on them when closed. When the sliding piece B is pressed downward, and the lid thereby thrown upward and backward, sufficient length of the upper end' of the matches is exposed, so that one or more, as required, can be caught by the fingers and taken out without shaking or turning the mouth of the match-box downward.

What l. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l. The combination7 in a matchbox, ot' the l stud or standard U, plate E, attached to the slidingl case B, and a spring, D, as setforth.

2. The lid H, arm F, projection G, and plate E, the arm being pivoted'to the stud or standard C, all combined substantially as described and represented, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the match-box A, of the cylinder B, the stud C, the spring D, the plate E, the arm F, having projection G, and pivoted to the standard G, and the lid H, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

' HENRY ELLIG.

Witnesses:

SLATEN C. TAYLOR, J. A. DIcKINsoN. 

